Automatic roving check



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G. R` BARKSDALE ET AL AUTOMATI C ROVING CHECK Filed 00L 28. 1922 4 Sheeashaet 2 I j Z/ l5 0 y/W f fum/ i gw /IW July 24, i923.

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AUTOMATIC ROVING CHECK Filed oct. 28, i922 4 sheets-isha@ s Ffm- ATTORNEY.

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G. R.- BARKSDALE ET AL AUTOMATIC RCVINC CHECK Filed Oct. 28. 1922 Shew=$het 4 INVENTORS.

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Patented duly 2 i923..

GEORGE R. BARKSDALE AND PAUL B, W'LSON, OF GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA;

SAID WIELSON ASSIGLIOR TG SAID BARKSDl-LLE. i

.ATOMATC ROVING CHECK.

Application filed October 28, 1922. Serial No. 597,661.

To NZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, GEonoE R. Banne- DALE and PAUL B. lViLsoN, both citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Greenwood, in-tlie county of Greenwood and State ot South Carolina, liave'jointly invented a new and useful Automatic lovv ing Check, or which the following is a specification. y

Our invention relates to improvements in roving checks tor s'pinning-irames and similar machines, and resides in means 'for arresting the motion of the rst drawing roll, balanced ,mechanismv Vfor operating said means, said mechanism being subject normally to the control oit the sliver, roving, or thread, means, associated with the stopping and starting mechanisml for the moving parts of the spinning-trame or machine, Yfor controlling` said first-named mechanism when said moving parts are stopped and started, and means to position the thread guide out et the way during the dotiing operation, together with such other parts and members as may be necessary ordesirable in order to render the check complete and serviceable in every respect, all as hereinafter set Vforth.

Ris is well understood, d vices oit this character are eniployedior the purpose of preventing' the waste ot roving or damage to the rolls when the threads brealr between the rolls and the bobbins upon which the roving is wound, and the primary object of our invention is to produce a comparatively7 simple, sensitive, reliable, and eilicient check, whereby the thread or roving is broken between the iii-st and sec-ond drawing rolls whenever the normal and ordinary travel or movement of such roving is interfered with or interrupted by reason oit' its breaking between the third drawing roll and the associated bobbin, or between the second and third drawing rolls, and the aforesaid waste and damage are prevented. .ln this check the rotation or' the rlrst drawing roll is automatically arrested as soon as the roving breaks, and further :feeding ci the roving yfrom the receiving to the delivery side of the spinning-trame or consetpientlj.7 piling up oi" the roving and entanglement thereof are prevented. It is estimated th at a saving of approximately ninety per cent 0i' the lap waste is effected through the use et our'checlr, and that a further savmachine is prevented, and

ing, that an increased production of thema- 4chine results, and more machines can be attended to by a. single operator. This last is especially important, because it is thereby made possible to distribute the help and l-:cep all ol the machines running, not otherwise be possible, especially when the mill is short of help.

lt is a well-known tact that the spinningA room is continually behind the weave room, which necessitates running the spinning frames over time. Spinning periods when the help is absent.

Increased production is also due to the :tact that the leather-covered rolls are prevented 'from kbeing damaged in a machine equipped with this roving check, so that there is: no lost time incident to replacing d amaged covers with new covers.

A. further object is to provide a check, of the character described, which is normally controlled by the roving to retainthe stop member ot the check, for the firstdrawing roll, in inactive position, but which, as soon as said roving breaks, causes said stop'member to' loclr said roll against rotation;`which locks said stop member in inactive position when the niachineiis stopped,land gradually or progressively releases said stop member when the machine is started, so as to avoid locking said roll and causing the roving to break; and which can be operated to throw up the thread-guide when it is required to do se for doiiing, and retain-said guide in raised position during the doiling operation.

Still another object Vis to provide the check withmeans tor causing the aforesaid loclring member 'for the `first drawing roll t0 be held in inactive position relative to said roll, while the broken ends of the roving are being .twisted together and united.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the course ot the 'following` description. ,i preterred embodiment of our invention, whereby we atta ^i the objects and secure the advantage.v oi the same, isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, and we will `proas might frames equipped with this roving' check may be kept running` thr ugh the noon hour and at other ceed to describe said invention with reference to said drawings, although it is to be understood that the form, construction, ar-

rangement, etc. of the parts in various aspects are not material and maybe modified without departure from the spirit of the invention.

ln the drawings, in which similar reference characters designatev` similar parts throughout the several views, Figure l is a side elevation, with some parts in section, of an' automatic roving check which embodies a practical form of our invention as aforesaid, so much of a' spinning-frame, or more or less similar machine, as is necessary for the application'anda clear understanding of the invention appearing in this and other views; Fig. `2, a side elevation of the first drawing roll and the leather-covered roll above, and a central, longitudinal section through another first drawing roll on the same shaft .and immediately7 adjacent to ,that tirst nieni tioned, and a fragment of another leathercovered roll on the saine shaft with that first mentioned, the second leather-covered roll being in contact with the drawing roll kwhich is in section; Fig. 3, a cross section through said first-named first drawing roll and its shaft, taken on lines looking in the direction of the associated arrow, in Fig. 2; Fig. 4l, a side elevation similar to Fig. 1, except that the operating parts and members vare differently disposed in order to illus- `trate the operation of the check; F 5, an

^ enlarged front elevation of a link for tilting the thread-guide arnifor dolfing; Fig. 5, an enlarged top plan of certain of the'threzic guide-carrying members and of locking members associated therewith; Fig. Z, an enlarged detail, in top plan, of the stop device for the lirst drawing roll, including` portions of the support for such device; Fig. 8, a top plan of the starting and stopping mechanism for the machine, and of connected and associated parts and members; Fig. 9', a top plan of certain of the parts and meinbers illustrated in the precedingr View, and of arms mounted on the portion of the rock-shaft therein shown; Fig. 10, a rear elevation of the mechanism and parts and vmembers shown in Fig. 8; Fig. ll, an enlarged sectional 'detail of certain of the aforesaid parte and members; Fig. 12, an enlarged rear elevation of the cam plate which appears in. Fig. 10; Fig. 13, an enlarged side elevation, with parts in section of a modified form of certain parts of the balanced mechanismof the check; Fig. lil, a. top plan of the thread-guide arm shown in the preceding view; Fig. 15, a top plan of a portion of the angle-iron or support used in the modilied construction, and, Fig. 16, a front elevation of a portion of said support. A. spinning-frame or similar machine coinprises a large number of what may be termed acter.

roving units, as is well understood, but Vit is suilicient to illustrate and describe but one of such units, andthis course in the main is followed in the present case. y y

' V7 e will briefly mention the' old parts and members with which thev present invention is directly connected and associated, and then describe in detail the new parts andineinbers, dealing iirst with the construction illustrated iii the first ten views and then talring up the modifications illustrated in the remaining views.

t portion of one of the uprights of spinning frame is represented at 1 in each of Figs. 1 and 2. and a portion-of a second and adjacent upright is represented at 1 in each of Figs. 8 and 10. Connecting` these two uprights at the top is an angle-iron 2, and mounted on said angle-iron is a Standethe same being bolted. at 5 to the angle-iron. ln practice there is a plurality of stands like the stand 4;, and a plurality of saddles, such as that represented at 182, and they support shafts for scavenger rolls, third drawing rolls, and second drawing rolls, one of each of which rolls is respectively represented at 6, 7, and 8. At 9 is represented a counterweight for the scavenger roll 6. A leathercovered roll 10 .is provided. lfor each drawing` roll 7 and 8, and there is a third leather-r covered roll 10 behind and a higher vation than the leather-covered roll l0 which is associated with the drawing roll 8. A, short length of the main driving shaft of the machine appears at 11 in Figs. 8 and l0, and therein are shown also a pulley 12 vwhich is secured to and a pulley which is loosely mounted on said shaft; e. portion of a driving belt is represented at ll, the samebeing on the pulley 12, but adaptedv to be shifted onto the pulley 13 andA bach onto the pulley 12.

Each of the leather-covered rolls l() is mounted on a shaft. such as that shown in part at 15 in Fig; 2, the bearing supports for suchl shafts not being represented. The

construction and operation of these rolls are well understood so that detailed explanation in connection with the saine is necessary.

A shaft for a.` .first drawing roll 17 is jioiirnaled in the saddles, one of which appears at 132, and this drawingv roll and the third leather-covered roll 10 mentioned above are in contact with each other. Y

rThere is' a` plurality of drawing rolls and a plurality of leather-covered rolls on each shaft therefor, as is well understood, and generally these shafts and vrolls are driven and operate in the manner common' to such shafts and rolls machines of thisvchar- Each roll 17 has the customary corrugated peripheral part asrepresented at 18. At one end the roll 17 is provided with a hub 19. ln the periphery of the hub 19 are four (more or less) angular recesses -see particularly Figs. 2 and 3. One side of each recess is approximately radial to the axis of the roll 17, and suchV side is at the end of the recess which is behind the direction of rotation of said roll. ldlithin the hub 19 is an annular chamber 21 which opens into the bore therein for the shaft 16. andin said chamber is a spring 22. The spring 22 does not form a complete annulus, or, in other words, the longitudinal edges of said spring are separated to an appreciable extent. Projecting inwardly from one of the longitudinal edges of the spring 22, and extending` into a properly positioned radial slot in the shaft 16, is a bent part of said spring 23. Ey means of the part 23 the spring 22 is attached to the shaft 16 in a manner to carry said spring' around with said shaft when the latter revolves. The spring is held under compression in the chamber 21, and exerts sutlieient force on the wall of said chamber, or, to state it differently, there is sufficient frictional resistance between said spring and the roll 17, to cause said roll to be ro-ktated with the shaft 16, unless the roll be held against rotation with sufficient force to overcome the force of such frictional resistance. A spacer 128 separates the adjacent rolls 17.

The roving,y or thread, a length of which is represented at 24 in Fig. 1, passes over the first, second, and third drawing rolls, beneath the associated leather-covered rolls, and is fed thereby to the bobbin (not shown) in the usual manner, being` stretched between the lirst and second drawing rolls and between the second and third drawing rolls by reason of the fact that each roll in the order named has surface speed that is a little ,greater than the surface speed of the one behind.

From the third drawing;7 roll 7 the roving;A 24 passes to and downwardly through anv eye 25 at the front end of a thread-'guide 26. It is after passing` through the eye 25 that the roving arrives at the bobbin of which mention has been made and upon which the roving' is wound. The thread-guide 26 is supported by a normally horizontal arm 27,

which arm has at the front terminal a lug 28 `to receive said lguide.

tightened. The arm 27 adjacent to its rear4 end is pivoted, as at 30, to an approximately vertical carrier 31, adjacent to the upper end of said carrier. Normally the arm 27 assumes an approximately horizontal position by gravity and with the aid ofv a pin 32 that projects laterally from said arm in Lacasse is represented at 35, to the front face of the angle-iron 2 and parallel therewith is ahorizontal angle-iron 36.- The front edge of the angle-iron 36 is recessed, as best shown at 37 in Fig. 6, to receive and serve as a guide for the carrier V31 at its upper terminal, said carrier in the present example b eine; a tubular member, and the recess being of a size and shape to accommodate the carrier without interfering with whatever motion vmay be imparted to the same.' rlhe lower lterminal of the carrier 31 is pivoted at 38 to the front terminal of a counter` i weighted, balancing lever 39. 1

Bolted at 40 tothe angle-iron 2 isa bracket 41. The bracket 41 extends downwardly, from th-e angle of the angle-iron 36,

in front of the angle-iron 2, rearwardly beneath the vertical portionof said last-named angleironand then downwardly again, land finally rearwardly foncey more, to form a supporting,` arm 42`in which is set a knife# edge., fulcrum member or hea-ring 43, substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The bearing` 43 is a` verticalmember which is set in the'arm 42 near the rear end of said arm, and rises above the'top of the saine. A setscrcw 44 is tapped into the rear end of the arm 42 to assist insecurinn `the bearing; 43 in place. Said bearingis usually made of hardened or tool steel.; The lever39 is .pro-H vided on the underside intermediate of its ends with a notched bearingeblock to receive. rest, and rock onthe Vknife 'edge of the bearing 43.,"*and with depending lugs 46-46 in front of and behind said bearingf block to prevent entire disengagementl of the parts whenfsaid lever isroclred ortiltedy upwardly into itshighest position, by the means and in the manner hereinafterl described.: The rear terminalportion ofthe lever 39 is screw-threadedat 47 to receive -one or more counterweights 4S. These counter-weights exert more or less counteractin'p; action' to that produced by the members connected with the fro-nty terminal of the `lever 29` and the intact rovingr 24 which passes through the eye 25, and causes a downward pressure to be exertedY on the forward end of said lever. accordingly as said counterweilsrhts be adjusted on the screwth eaded part 47 rearwardly or forwardly.

The hraclret 41 is provided, in the junction between the arm 42 and thevpart of said bracket that extends upwardly .from the iis erally forwardly direction therefrom a lower arm 53and an upper arm 54. Projecting laterally from the forward terminal of each of the arms and 54 is a lug` 55, the lower lug extending beneath and the upper lug above the lever 39., Also secured to the rockshaftl, by means of set-screw 56, is an arm 57 that extends forwardly from said shaft.

lt is assumed that the portion ofthe rockshaft 50 which projects beyond the end of the frameof the machine is at the right-hand end of said machine as viewed from the front or delivery side thereof, such being` the ease.,

the planswhich constitute Figs. 8 and 9 are presentations of the parts therein illustrated as viewed from a position inthe rear of the machine looking down. Secured to this 'projecting portion of the rock-shaft 50. in the order named from the adjacent rupright 1 outwardly, are a sheave 59, and a sheave 60. Passing over the sheave 59 and `having one end secured theretois a cord 61 or equivalent member. The cord 61 has a part that extends downwardly in front of the sheave 59, and a counterweight 62 is attached to the lower end of such part of said cord. Passing forward from the underside ofthe sheave GO and having one end secured thereto is a cord 63. A pin 64 projects from the rock-shaft 50 ina generally downwardly direction, said pin being located near lthe arm 57. I

A horizontal hook or latch 65 has its front terminal pivotally attached vat 66 to a lug 67 on the upright 1 at the end of the machine where the 'sheaves 59 and 60 are located. rlhe latch is so positioned'that, under conditionshereinafter to be explained, the pin 64 may be engaged by the rear terminal of said latch.

A bracketv arm 68 extends beyond theA righthand end of the frame of the machine, which is the endr last above referred to, the inner end of said arm having a lug that is bolted at 69 to the upright 1 at the aforesaid end of the frame,-and being further supported by a brace 7 O that is boltedat 71 to the underside of said arm and at 72 to the side of upright to which the arm is bolted. An idler or sheave 7 8 is mounted on a stud 74 which` projects from an inclined boss`58 on the arm 68 behind the sheave 60, and the cord 63 passes from the underside of said second-named sheave to said first-named sheave and partly around the same in a direction away from the adjacent upright 1. Attached to the outer end of the cord 63 is a spring 75. The opposite or outer end of the spring` 75 is attached at 76 to the inner end of a bai' 77. The bar 77 is mounted on'v .the arm 68. in lugs' 7 8-7 8 that rise'from said arm, and said bar is adapted to slide longi` tudinally on the arm in said lugs. Mounted to slide longitudinally on the arm 68 in lu 7 9--79 is a second bar 80, the same being in line with the bar 77. yExtending rearwardly from the bar 89 is a bifurcated shipper arm 81 that is in position to engage the belt 14k and shift the same from the pulley 12 to the pulley 18 and. back again, when said bar is actuated in its lugs on the arm 68. A ler-.fer 82, for the belt shipper, which latter comprises the bar and the arm 81, has its rear terminal pivotally connected at 83 with a rearwardlyeextending lug 84 on the arm 68 at the outer terminal thereof. The

lever 82 has a longitudinal slot 85 therein,v

and a pivot pin 86 rises from the bar 80 at the outer terminal thereof and enters said slot. At the forward end of the lever 82 is an upwardly-eztending handle 87.'

.lllhen the lever 82 is rocked on the pivot 83 in the directionto move the pivotallyconnected bar 8O inwardly, the belt 14 is shifted by the arm 81 from the pulley 12 to the pulley 13, and then when said. lever is rocked on said pivot in the opposite direction, said belt is shifted by said arm from said pulley 18 to said pulley 12. 'y

Journaled in the frame of the machine below the horizontal plane of the rock-shaft 50, but somewhat in advance of the vertical plane of said shaft` is a shaft 88 which has a screw-threaded section 89. The shaft 88 is driven from the main shaft 11 through the mediumr of a pulley 129 on said main shaft, a pulley 130 on said first-named shaft,

and a belt 131 which passes over said pul-' leys, or `from some intermediate shaft. An angular bracket 90 projects rearwardly and downwardly fromv the bar 7 7 and terminates at the base in a sleeve 91 which encircles the screw-threaded part of the shaft 88. A latch' 92 ispivotally connected intermediate of its ends at 93 to the sleeve 91 on the underside thereof, and said latch is provided at the outer end with one vory more teeth 94 which are adapted to engage the screw-threads 89.y A spring 95 is interposed between the bottom of the sleeve 91 and the inner terminal or tail of the latch 92, and has a constant tendency to rock said latch on the pivot 93 in such a manner as to cause the teeth 94 to engage the yscrew-threads 89. downwardly and outwardly from the `latch 92 is an arm 96, and extending forwardly from the free terminal'of such arm is a stud anti-friction roll 98 is Extending' Cil is a lug 99 and secured to the back side of said lug is :i cam plate 100. The plate 100 is provided on the back side with flanges or tracks 101 and 102 to torni` paths for the guidance o1 the roll the track 102 having pivotally connected therewith a yielding member or trip 103. The track 101 has a horizontal part at the upper edge of the plate 100, extends downwardly at the inner edge et said plate, and has a downwardly and outwardly curved portion which iinally entends downwardly again at the outer edge o1 said plate, as best shown in Fig. 1.2. rlllhe track 102 is below and parallel with the horizontal part of the track 101, and the inner end et the trip 103 is pivotally connected at 104 to the outer end of said first-named track` The outer end of the trip 108 is adapted to contact with the convex portion oit the track 101, and :is limited in its upward movement by such portion, Si spring 105, which is coiled around the pivot 104 and has one ond bearing beneath a pin 106 that projects rearwardly from the track 102 and the other end bearing beneath a pin T that extends rearwardly it'roin the trip 103, exerts a constant tendency to swing said trip upwardly into engagement with the aforesaid convex portion of the t'ack 101 and to maintain it in such engagement. VWhen the trip 103 is in normal position the underside orf the same is in line with the underside of the track 102. tlniticient space is lelit between the vertical part of the track 101, at the inner end oit' the plate 100, and the adjacent end of the track 102 to permit the roll '98 to pass between said vertical part and said end. Likewise, the trip 103 may be opened sufficiently to permit said roll to pass downwardly between the compound-curved portion of saidirst-nained track and the adjacent end of said second-named track, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 12. ritter the roll 98 passes dormir-farthy past the trip 103, said roll must continue downwardly and forwardly into the position indicated by broken lines at 108, to enable said trip to be actuated into closed position again by the spring 105. in apiroxiinately straight and substantial path or guide for the roll 98 is thus provided from the most advanced position taken by said roll 98 inwardly to the space between the inner end oi" the track 102 andthe adjacent vertical part or.' the track 101. lhile the roll 98 is traveling inwardly beneath the trip 103 `and the track 102, the latch 92 is retained with the teeth 94 out of engagement 1.01', and, when said roll is` carried outward ly, it travels in the space above the track 102 o until. it arrives at the trip 103, thus retaining the teeth 95 1n engagement withthe screw-threads 89. Upon arriving at the compound-curved portion oit the track 101, the` roll 98 follows such `portions of said track until said roll is in the position indicated at 108. Meanwhile the trip 103 is actuated, against the resiliency of the spring 105, out ot the way of the roll 98, or in such a manner as to enable said roll vto pass by the free end ot said trip, and the latter is returned by said spring to normal position. At this time the latch 92 is actuated, against the resiliency oit the spring 95, and the teeth 91 are withdrawnl from engagement with the screw-threads 89.. The movement of the roll 9S in one direction is limited. by the vertical part of the track 105'a't the outer end o1" the plate 1,00, and in Athe other direction by the vertical part of said track at the inner end of said plate.l 4

Extending betweenapin 109, which rises from the inner lug 79 on the arm 68, and a pin 110, which rises 'from the bar 77 ad-` jacent to the outer end thereof, is aspring. 111. The spring 111 is stronger than the spring 75.

hen thearm 82 is actuated in the direc` tion to ship the belt 14 from the pulley "12 to the pulley 18, the bar 77, now `in contact its outer end with the inner end of the bar 80, is actuated inwardly and carries with it the sleeve 91, with the latch 92 which is out of engagement with the screw-threads 89, as previously explained. The belt '11- now being on the loose pulley 13, the shaft 89, with the other parts of the machine driven Yfrom the shaft 11 ceases to revolve. is the bar 77 moves inwardly, the cord 63 permits the counterweight 62 to descend and thus partially to rotate the rock-shaft in the direction to actuate the arm 54 downwardly, the amount of movement being'suficient to carry the lug 55 on said arm into engagement with the lever 39, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1, thus preventing said lever fromswinging upwardly at the forward terminal. The limit ofl the inward movement of the parts is fixed by the inner lug 7S which is in the path ol' the bracket 90. It is at this time that the latch 92 is caused to engage the screw-threads 89 i on the now idle shaft S8.

`Upon swinging the arm 92 in the direction to actuate the belt 111i onto the driving pulley 12, the bar 80 is caused to drawaway from the bar 77, against the resiliency of the spring 111, and the parts and members,

92, the sleeve 91, and the bracket arm 90, until the roll 93 descends past the trip 103, when said teeth are disengaged from said screwthreads. The spring 111 now acts to draw the'bar 77 into contact with the bar 30. The movement imparted by the spring 111, after the latch 92 has become disengaged from the screw threads 89, is necessary in order to cause the roll 93 to clear 'the trip 103 and enable the latter to resume its nor mal or closed position and complete or restore the lower track guide. The movement outwardly of the bar 77, brought about by the latch engagement with the screwthreads on the revolving shaft 33 and by the spring 111, causes the rock-shaft 50, through the medium of the spring 75, the cord 63, and the sheave 60, to be partially rotated in the direction to raise the arm 5d,

and thus release the lever 39 so that it is free to move upwardly at the Yforward end. The spring 75 must, oi" course, be of sutiicient strength partially, through the medium of the cord 63, to revolve the sheave and with said sheave the rock-shaft 50, overcoming the force exerted by the counterweight 62 and causing the same to be elevated' by the cord 61 attached to the sheave 59 on said shaft. Thus it is seen 'tha the lever 39 is automatically'loeked, so tar as upward movement at the `forward end is concerned, when the machine is inactive, and automatically unlocked, so that such movement can take place, when the machine is started.

In the event the teeth 941- do not properly engage the screw-threads 39, when the latch 92 is first released to the spring` 95, the latter causesfull and complete engagement to take place as soon as the shaft 33 begins to revolve. 4

The lever 57 is provided for the purpose of actuating the rock-shatt 50 to tilt the arm 27 with the thread-guide 26 into the position shown by broken lines in Fig. 1, through the medium of the arm 53 with its lug 55, and the carrier 31, at the time the full bobbins are removed and replaced with empty bobbins, or during what is known as the dofling operation. At this time the machine is idle or the moving parts thereoiE are at rest, and the lever 57 is grasped and swung` upwardly, carrying with it the rockshait 50 far enough to enable the latch 65 to be engaged with 'the pin 64C. The rock shaft is then locked in position by the latch and the lever 57 released. 1t will be remembered that, upon the shifting of the belt onto the loose pulley, he rock-shaft 50was actuated to carry the arm 54 downwardly into locking engagement with the lever. 39, consequently it is now necessary, in order to raise said lever with the lug 55 on the arm 53, to impart to the rock-shaft sufficient movement, not only to remove the arm 54 from locking position relative to said lever, but also to swing said lever 53 upwardly to theveXtent required. Without the spring 75, the necessary movement could not be imparted by the arm to the rockshaft 50, but -said spring yields sufficiently to enable the desired result to be attained. The lug 55 on the arm 53 first comesinto Contact with the underside of the lever 39, and then swings said lever upwardly on a pivot 112 which connects a link 113 with said lever, lthe bearing-block 45 rising ofi of the bearing l1-3. As the carrier 31 is elevated by the lever 39, it takes with it the arm 27. rEhe arm 27 remains in an approximately horizontal position until the' lugs 3i ot the link 33, which link is carried by said arm, encounter the underside ofthe hori- Zontal part of the angle-iron 36, when turther upward movementv of said link is checked, and the latter causes said arm to be rocked, on the pivot 30, upwardly at the Jiront end, thus locating the arm and the thread-guide 26 in a position where they do not interfere with or obstruct the doi5- ng operation. At the end 01"' the doiiing operation, the arm 577. is grasped and forced upwardly a little lto enable the latch 65 to ybe swung away from the pin 64, and then said arm is permitted to descend into its former position, and the rock-shaft 50, with the parts and members carried thereby, is

returned to its former position, through the influence or action of "the spring 7 5. The spring 75 must be powerful enough to act through the cord 63 and the sheave 60 partially to rotate the rock-shaft 50 and elevate the counterweight 62, without the aid of downward pressure on the arm 57. The return movement of the rock-shaft 50, under the force of the spring 76, causes the lever 39 to be relocked by the arm 54.

The lugs 16 prevent the lever 39 from becoming altogether disengaged from the bearing 4:3, when said lever is swung upwardly on the pivot 112 for doiiing purposes, and, .when said lever is swung downwardly on said pivot after said operation, said lugs assist in guiding the bearing-block 15 to place again on said bearing.

'part of the angle-ironl 36.

A, supporting arm 1111 is boltedat 115 to the underside of the upper, rearwardly-extend-,ing` part oi' the stand 1, and bolted at 116 to said arm, and to similar arms with which the other stands are provided, arey upper and under bars 117-117. An angular bracket 118 has a rearwardly-extending lng 119 that is clamped between the bars 117, and may be adjusted lengthwise of said bars, such adjustment being required in order to accommodate the parts carried by said bracket to the iii-st drawing roll 17. A bell-crai'ik-lever 120 is pivotally connected 121 with the forwardly-extending part of the bracket 118. The bell-crank-lever 120 has one arm which extends rearwardly and is pivotally connected at 122 with the upper terminal ot the link 113, and' also has a head one end ot which is contiguous with the aforesaid forwardly-extending part ot the bracket 118. Extending forwardly Ytrom the head 123 is a finger 124. The construction and arrangement of parts are such that the `forward or free end of the finger 124 may be thrust into any ot the recesses in the hub 19 of the drawing roll 17.l

Normally the counterweights 48 are soadjusted on the screw-threaded part 47 of the lever 39 that said lever is maintained in an approximately horizontal position, with the top of the rear-end portion of the arm 27 approximately on a level with thev top ot the angle-iron 36, while the roving 24 is being wound on the bobbin, by the slight torce, pressure, or downwardA pull exerted by said roving in its passage through the thread-guide eye 25. As the thread 24 is drawn through the eye 25, there is produced a slight vibration or reciprocation ot' the parts including the carrier 31, and a corresponding vibration or oscillation of the lever 39. lV ith. the lever 39 in the position just described, the stop ringer 124 is positioned out of contact with the drawing-roll huh 19, by the link 113 and the bell-cranklere-r 120, and the clearance between said linger and said hub is sutlicient to enable said lever to vibrate or oscillate, in the manner of which mention has just been made, without causing the finger to contact with the hub. The arm 53'is positioned .approximately horizontally by the parts and members controlling the rock-shaft 50, and with its lug 55 a sufficient distance below the lever 39 to offer no interference to the aforesaid oscillation olf said lever, although tiring a limit to the downward movement of the lever at the front end.

lf the roving 24 breaks at any point be tween the iiist drawing roll 17 and the bob-A hin, the torce exerted by said roving onthe thread-guider 26 is interrupted, discontirmed` or removed, the counterweights 48 canse` the lever to carry the rear end ot said lever downwardly, said lever rocking on the learing 43, and the link 113 is drawn downwardly with said rear end of the lever, and takes with it the rear terminal ot the bell-crank-lever 120, t-he latter rocking on the pivot 121, with the result that the head 123 ol said bell-crank-lever is thrown rearwardly` until it contacts with the back part of the bracket 118, and the free tern'linal ot the linger 1,24 is thrust into engagement with the hub 19 and practically instantly enters one ofthe recesses 20, thus arresting further movement of the drawing roll 17. rested because saidroll is held by the finger 124 against the lorce exerted thereon by the spring 22, and ythe latter is carried around with the shatt 1G wit-hout said roll. The roving 24, if it did not break in the first instance between the lirst and second drawing rolls, is caused now to break at that point. This is due to the fact that the second drawing roll I8 continues to function titer the first drawing roll 17 has ceased to :tnnctiomand the roving is pulled apart between the two rolls. In the event the roving breaks initially between the second and third or first and second drawing rolls, the stop mechanism does not operate until the roving in the bite oi' the drawing rolls has been passed clear of the same, but when the initialy break occurs forward 'of thle` third drawing roll the stop mechanism operates immediately.

The break in the `roving vmustnow be re-k The rotation of the roll A17 is ar' paired,` and in order to `do this it is first,

necessary to press vdown the carrier 31 until the top oiI the same is iiush with the top oit' the angle-iron 36, to cause the lever 39 to be .rocked on the .member 43 in the opposite direction to that iny which it was rocked as the result ot' the breaking of the roving, and thus elevate the link 113 and the rearwardly-extending part o t the bellcrank-lever 2O to. withdraw the'finger 124 trom the hub 19. oit the drawing roll 17 to the spring 22, and enables said rolltoresume its rotation and normal function, and the roving is delivered by said roll to the second drawing roll 8, and bythe latter' to the third drawing roll 7. The roving from the bobbin -is passed upwardly through the eye 25 and united with the roving being delivered by the drawing rolls. The spinning operation is nonv resumed.

There are instances in which the roving becomes wrappedv around the leather-covered roll 10 which is associated with the the third drawing roll 7 comes necessary tor the operator to remove such roving. For this' and other reasons it is desirable, not to say necessary, to provide a lock for ther carrier 3l` so that'the same can be held mechanically aitter being pressed down with the finger, thus leaving tree the operators hand that otherwise would be engaged in holding down the carrier. To this end a button 125 is mounted on the angleiron 36 and pivotally connectedjtherewith at 126. The b utton 125 has a head 127 that may be positioned over the upper edges of This restores the control i, and then it be'` iso ian

that carries the a 1m 135 of which the sleeve is a part, consequently said support is `guided vertically by the angle-iron 36, eX- cept when said arm is swung up into doffingposition. In the latter case application of the lug of the arm 58 to the underside of the lever 39, and the engagement of the heel 1.38 with the lug' 139, overcome the tendency, if any, on the part of the support 183 to leave the perpendicular.'

That we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. fn an automatic roving' check, means controlled by the roving afterr it passes the third drawing roll to cause said roving to break between the first and second drawing rolls in the event the roving` first breaks after passing said second drawing roll.

2( n an automatic roving check, means controlled by the roving to arrest the rotation of the first drawing roll only, inthe event the roving breaks after leaving'said roll.

The combination, in an automatic roving` cheek, with the first drawing-roll shaft, a drawingroll von said shaft, and means normally to cause said roll to revolve with lsaid shaft, but capable of permitting said roll when held by a superior force to remain stationary while the shaft revolves, of means controlled by the rovingr to cause said roll to be held against rotation when the roving breaks.

4t. rl`he combination, in an automatic rovinzcheek, with the first drawing-roll shaft, a drawing roll on said shaft, and friction means normally to cause said roll to be rotated with said shaft, of means controlled by the roi/ing to cause said roll to be held stationary when the roving breaks.

The combination, in an automatic roving4 check, with the first drawinaeroll shaft, a drawing' roll on said shaft, and a resilient member between said shaft `and said roll, said resilient member being secured to the shaft, of means controlled by therovinp,` to cause said roll to be held stationary when the rovinei breaks.

6. The combination, in an 'automatic roving' check, with the first drawing-roll shaft, a drawing roll on said shaft, and means normally to cause said roll to revolve with said stationary, of counterweighted means controlled by the roving to cause said roll to be held against rotation. when the roving breaks.

8.. The combination, in an automatic roving check, withthe first drawing-roll shaft, a. drawing, roll mounted thereon, andl means normally to cause said roll to revolve with said shaft, but capable of permitting the roll when held by a superior force to remain stationary, of counterweighted balanced means controlled by the roving to cause said roll to be held against rotation when theroving breaks.

9. The combination, in anautomatic roving` check, with the first drawing-roll shaft, a roll on said shaft, and means normally to cause said roll to rotate with said shaft, but adapted to be arrestedv by superior force applied to saidroll, of means ycontrolled by the roving to apply such force and cause said roll to be held against rotation when the roving breaks, said last-named means consisting" in part of a member that is adapted to engage and release said roll, and means to lock said memberl ininactive relationship to said roll.

l0. The combinatiomin an automatic roving' check, with the first drawing-roll shaft of a machine of the class designatech-a roll on said shaft, and means normally to cause said roll to rotate with said shaft, but adapted to be arrested by superior force applied to said roll, of means controlled bythe rovingr to apply such force and canse said roll to be held against rotation' when th'e'roving breaks, said last-named means consisting in part of a memberv that is adapted to engage and release said roll, the starting and stopping; mechanism of said machine, and means operated by `said starting and stopping mechanism for causing' said member to be locked in inactive relationship to said roll when said mechanism is actuated to stop the moving parts, and to release said member when said mechanism is operated to start said moving' parts.

11. The. combination, in an automatic rovy ing check, with the `first drawing-roll shaft, a rollen said shaft, and means'normally to cause said roll to rotate with said shaft, but adapted to be arrested by superior force applied te said roll, of means controlled by the roving to apply such force and cause said roll to be held against rotation when the roving` breaks, said last-named means consisting in part of a member that is adapted to engage and release said roll, means to lock said member in inactive relationship to said roll, 4and retarding means to release said member.

12. .The combination, in an automatic roving` check, with the first-drawing roll shaft cf a machine of the `class designated, a roll cov on said shaft, and means normally to cause said roll to rotate with said shaft, but adapted to be arrested bysuperior force applied to said roll, of means controlled by the roving to apply such force and cause said roll to be held against rotation When the roving breaks, said last-named `means consisting in part of a'member that is adapted to engage and release said roll, the starting and stopping mechanism of said machine, and means operated by said starting and stopping mechanism for causing said member to be locked in inactive relationship to said roll When said mechanism is actuated to' stop the moving parts,and to release said member when said mechanism is operated to start said moving parts, said last-named means including mechanism for retarding the release of said member;

13. The combination, in an automatic roving check, with the first drawing-roll shaft, a drawing roll thereon, said roll having engaging parts, and means normally to cause said roll to be rotated with said shaft, but adapted to permit said roll to be arrested by superior force applied thereto, of a pivotally-mounted member adapted to be actuated into engagement with any of said engaging vparts whereby the roll is held against rotation, and to be removed from such engagement, and r,means subject to the control of the roving for kactuating said pivotallymounted member into locking engagement With said roll when the roving breaks.

111; The combination, in an automatic rev-- ing check, With the first drawing-roll shaft,

roll mounted on said shaft, said roll having` engaging parts, and friction member attached-tc said shaft and adapted to bear against said roll and normally to cause the same to be rotated with said shaft, of a pivotally-mounted membery adapted to be actuated into engagement with any of said engaging` parts to hold said roll against rotation, and to be'removed from such engagement, and means subject to the control of the rovingfor actuating said pivotallymounted member into locking engagement with said roll when the roving breaks.

15.' The combination, in an automatic roving check, with the first drawing-roll shaft,` a roll mounted on said shaft, said roll havlwith said roll'ivhen the roving breaks.

16. The combination, in an automatic roving check, with the first drawing-roll shaft, a roll mounted on said shaft, said troll having engaging parts, and a resilient friction member attached to said shaft and adapted to bea-r against said roll and normally to cause the same to be rotated With said shaft, of a pivotally-mounted member adapted to be actuated into engagement with any of said engaging parts to hold said roll against rotation, and to be removed from such engagement, and means subject to the control of the roving for vactuating said pivotallymounted member into locking engagement with said roll .vhen the roving breaks.

17. The combination, in. an automatic roving check, with the first drawing-roll shaft, a roll mounted on said shaft, and means normally to cause said roll to be rotated'vvith said shaft, but adapted to permit said roll to be arrested by the application thereto of a superior force,of a lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends, and having a member rising from the front end thereof, a pivotally-mounted member adapted to engage and releaseV said roll, a pivotal connection beber, and an arm provided with a threadguide connected with said first-named member, the construction and arrangement of parts being such that When the roving breaks said lever is rocked in such a manner as to cause said member to engage and stop said roll.

18. The combination, in an automatic roving check, Withthe first drawing-roll shaft, a roll mounted on said shaft, and means normally to cause said roll to be rotated with said shaft, but adapted to permit said roll to be arrested by the application thereto of a superior force, of a lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends and having a member rising from the front end thereof, a pivotally-mounted member adapted to engage and release said roll, a pivotal connection between said lever and said last-named member, an arm provided With a threadguide. connected with said first-named member, and a countervveight on said lever at the other terminal thereof, the construction and arrangement of parts being such that when the roving breaks said lever is rocked in tween said lever and said last-named memsuch a manner as to cause said member to engage and stop said roll. f

19. rllhe combinatiomin an automatic roving check, with the first drawing-roll shaft, a roll mounted on saidshaft, and means normally to cause saidA roll to be rotated With said shaft, but adapted to permit said rolly to be arrested by the application thereto of a superior force, of a lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends, and having a member rising from the front end thereof, a pivotally mounted member adapted `to engage and release said roll, a pivotal connection between said lever and said second-named member, an arm pivotally connected with said first-named member, a thread-guide attached to said arm, and means to cause said arm to be tilted upwardly at the for ward end when said lever is swung upwardly offof its normal pivotal support, the fulcrum of said lever then being changed from such support to said connection, but the construction and arrangement of parts being such that, when said lever is fulcrumed on said support and the roving breaks, the lever is rocked in such a manner as to cause said second-named member to engage and stop said roll. v

20. The combination, in an automatic roving check, with the` first drawing-roll shaft, a roll mounted on said shaft, and means normally to cause said roll to be rotated with said shaft, but adapted to permit said roll to be arrested by the application thereto of a superior force,of a lever ful` crumed intermediate of its ends, and having a member rising from the front end thereof, a pivotally-mounted member adapted to engage and'release said roll, a pivotal connection between said lever and said member, an Iarm pivotally connected with sail rst-named member and provided with a thread-guide, said arm having a heel, means to limit the downward movement of the forward portion of said arm, and a fixed member in the path of said heel, the latter being' adapted to engage said fixed member and cause said arm to be tilted upwardly at the front end, when said lever is lifted off of its normal pivotal support, the fulcrum of said lever then being transferred from such support tol said pivotal connection, but the construction and arrangement of parts beingsuch that, when said lever is fulcrumed on said support and the roving breaks, the lever is rocked in such a manner as to cause said secondnamed member to engage and stop said roll. l

2l. The combination, inA an automatic roving check,with the first drawing-roll shaft, a roll mounted on said shaft, means normally to cause said roll to be rotated with said shaft, but adapted to permit said roll to be arrested by the application thereto of a superior force, a lever fulerumed intermediate of its ends, and having a member rising from the front end thereof, a pivotallymounted member adapted to engage and release said roll, a pivotal connection between.

said lever and said second-named member, and a thread-guide arm connected with said first-named member, the construction and arrangement ofparts being-such that when the roving breaks said lever is rocked in such a manner as to cause said second-named member to engage and stop said roll, of a rock-shaft provided with an arm to engage said lever and through the latter retain said lll secondenamed member in' inactive position relative to said roll,' and operating `means l for said rock-shaft.

22. The combination, man automatic vrovfung check, with the first `drawing-roll shaft, atroll mounted on said shaft, means i normally to cause said roll to be rotated with Vsaid shaft, but adapted to permit said roll to be arrested by the application thereto of said roll, of a rock-shaft provided .with an v arm adapted to engage said leverand swing the sameupwardlv off of its normal pivotal support, the fulcrum of the leverthenlbeing; changed from such support to said connect1onwhereby said arm is raised for. dofling,

and means for actuating' said rock-shaft to bring' about the aforesaid results. .c

23. rli`he combination, in an automatic roving check, with the first drawingeroll shaft of a machine of the class designated, aroll mounted on said shaft, means normally'to cause said roll to be rotated. with said shaft, but adapted to permit said roll to bearrested by the applicationthereto of a superior force, a lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends, andliaving a `member rising, from the frontend thereof,` a pivotally mounted member adapted to engage and re-` lease said roll, a pivotal connection between said lever and said second-'named member, and an arm provided with a thread-guide connected with said first-named member, the

construction and arrangement of` parts being such that when vthe rovingl breaks said lever is rocked in such a manner as .to cause sai-d' seeond'enainedmember to engage and stop saidvroll, of a rock-shaft provided with an arm adapted to engage said lever and so lock the same that said member is held in inactive position relative .tosaid roll, the stopping and starting mechanism of the machine and intervening mechanism between said rock-shaft and said first-named mecha nism, whereby the rock--sl'iaft is actuated to cause the lever to be locked when said iirst- -amed mechanism is shifted to stopping position, and to cause said lever to be un` locked when said `first-named mechanism is iii:

recae-ee rection, said sleeve then being actuated by said screw-threaded part.

2S.V The combination, in an automatic roving check, with the starting and stopping mechanism of a machine of the class designated, such mechanism consisting .in part oit a sliding bar, of a rock-shaft, a weight larranged to rotate said shaft in one direction, a cord and spring adapted to rotate said shaft in the opposite direccion, a second sliding bar to which said spring is attached, a second spring more powerful than the tirst between said second-namedvbar and a iiXed part, said bars being in line with each other and said second-named spring normally retaining said second-named bar in Contact with said iirst-named bar, a shaft having a screwn threaded part, a sleeve carried by said second-named bar and encircling said screwthreaded shaft, a latch pivot-ally connected with said sleeve and having a tooth to enthe screw-threaded part of said shaft, said latch being providedwith a cam-engaging member, a spring arranged normally to force said tooth into engagement with said screw-threaded part, and ycam tracks for said cam-engaging member, whereby said latch is held out of engagement with said screwthreaded part when said sleeve travels with said second-named bar in one direction, and is held in engagement with said part while said sleeve travels in the opposite direction, said sleeve then being actuated by said screwt-hreaded part, an arm on said rock-shaft wherewith to actuate the same in the direction to expand said Erst-named spring, and means to lool-r and release said rock-shaft from the position which it is caused to assume through the medium of said arm.

29. ln an automatic roving check, a trame member, a braclret secured to said member, a bearing carried by said bracket, a lever mounted to roch on said bearing, and having a member rising Yfrom the front end t 1ere-oi,

a drawing-roll stop member pivotally connected with said lever, and thread-guide arm connected with said second-named me i-- ber.

30. In an automatic roving check, a frame member, a bracket secured to said member, a

bearing carried bv said bracket alever mounted to roclr on said bearing, and having a member rising from lthe iront end thereof, a drawing-roll stop member pivotally connected with Said Alever, a thread-A guide arm connected with said secondnamed member, and a rocloshaiit journaled in said bracket and provided with an arm which has a projection to said lever from above when and accordingly as said rock-shaft is operated. I y

3l., ln an automatic roving` check, aframe member, a bracket secured tov said member, a bearing carried by said bracket, a lever mounted to rock on said bearing, and'hava bearing carried by said bracket, a lever mounted to rock on said bearing, and having a member rising from the front end thereof, a drawingroll stop member pivotally connected with said lever, a thread-guide arm` connected with said second-named member, and a rock-shaft journaled in said bracket and provided with arms which have projections to engage said lever respectively from below and above the same when and accordingly as said rock-shattv is operated.V

ln an automatic roving check, a. locking and releasing` member for a drawing roll, an oscillatory lever having a `member rising from the iront end thereof, a vpivotal connection between said first-named member and said lever, a threadfguide arm connected with said second-named member, andmeans to hold down said lever at the front end while the roving is being repaired.

Sli. ln an automatic roving check, a locking and releasing member i'or a drawing roll, an oscillatory lever having a member rising from the front end thereof, a pivotal connection between said first-named member and said lever, a thread-guide arm'connected with said second-named member, and a gravity member movably arranged on said lever adjacent to said second-named member, and

capable or holding down said lever at the iii-ont end .while the roving is being repaired.

35ln an autoinatic roving check, a first lrav.'ingroll shaft, a drawing roll mounted on said shaft, said roll having engaging-v` parts, `and means normally to cause said roll to be rotated by said shait,'but adapted to 'permit said roll tobe arrested by a superior ltorce applied thereto, of aplvotally-mounted bell-cranlr-lever .provided with a finger, which is adapted to be thrust into engagementk with any of said engaging parts and to be removediirom such engagement, and operatingmeans 'for said bell-'cranl-lever,

' breaks, and means to lock said-iirst-named means in Vsuch position that thesame is roll.

37. ln ian Aautomatic roving check, bali prevented from exerting its iniiuence on said.

such last-named means being subject tothe ,12o

anced oseille-tory roving-controlled means adapted to Cause the lirst drawing roll to be arresed in its motion when the roving breaks, means to look Said first-named ineens i in such position thai the seme is prevented from exerting; its influence on seid roll, and retarding means whereby lche release of said. rstfnained means from said locking means s delayed.

38. in an automatic roving; Cheek, balanced oscillatory roving-controlled ineens adapted to Cause lie first drawing roll to be arrested in its motion when the roving breaks, such ni'eans consisting 1n part-of an oscillatory lever and a pivotal eonneetion,

and means to til seid lever in such a manner as to cause the same to be fulorulned from said connection, 'for cloning purposes.

GEORGE R. BARKSDALE. PAUL B. VVLSON.

litnes es:

J. L. CALHOUN, W. l). LEAMAN. 

